Amend: The Fight for America

Amend: The Fight for America

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

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Seasons

Citizen

1. Citizen

Air Date: 2021-02-17

After escaping slavery, Frederick Douglass becomes a pivotal voice calling for citizenship for Black Americans, a dream realized in the 14th Amendment.

Resistance

2. Resistance

Air Date: 2021-02-17

After ratification, violent atrocities, court rulings and the Lost Cause ideology systematically subvert the 14th Amendment's promises of equality.

Wait

3. Wait

Air Date: 2021-02-17

As the civil rights movement gains momentum in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. orchestrates protests that goad President John F. Kennedy into action.

Control

4. Control

Air Date: 2021-02-17

In the 1970s, women appeal to evolving interpretations of the 14th Amendment in their fight to achieve equality and control their own destinies.

Love

5. Love

Air Date: 2021-02-17

After decades of setbacks, the struggle for same-sex marriage equality culminates in an Ohio couple's case taken up by the Supreme Court in 2015.

Promise

6. Promise

Air Date: 2021-02-17

Immigrants have long put their hope in America, but intolerant policies, racism and shocking violence have frequently trampled their dreams.

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Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

2021-02-17

Episodes

6 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Videos

Production Companies

The Documentary Group

The Documentary Group

MakeMake

MakeMake

Westbrook

Westbrook

Wilmore Films